Danny Brown, Johnny Echols, and Rick Rubin on Love s Forever Changes , Broken Record
Today were closing out Black Music Month by celebrating one of Rick Rubins favorite albums of all time Forever Changes by the band Love. Formed in 1965, Love was a groundbreaking, interracial L. A. group. While their name isnt usually mentioned alongside historic psychedelic bands like The Byrds or The Grateful Dead, Loves influence is vast. Their charismatic, fashionforward black frontman, Arthur Lee, inspired Jimi Hendrixs look, and in the mid60s Love was one of the hottest bands in Hollywood. In 1967 Love recorded their third album, Forever Changes. It was the last album for the original core group with guitarist Johnny Echols and cowriter Brian McClean. The album ushered in an entirely new sound for the band, combining Baroque sounding strings with horns and folky instrumentation with poetic lyrics. On todays episode well hear some of Rick Rubins conversation with Detroit rapper Danny Brown, who like Rick, places Loves album Forever Changes at the very top of his greatest albums
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